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Researcher · Heriot-Watt University · United Kingdom

Fergus G. Priest

Fergus G. Priest publishes mostly in Food Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, on topics such as Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Fermentation and Sensory Analysis and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#266,454
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#24,142
of 90,785
Works
26
Citations
125
Citations per work
4.8

What does Fergus G. Priest research?

Food Science: 25.9%Molecular Biology: 22.2%Ecology: 14.8%Biotechnology: 7.4%other fields: 29.7%26%top field
Food Science25.9%Molecular Biology22.2%Ecology14.8%Biotechnology7.4%other fields29.7%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Food Science26% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology22% of their works
  3. 3Ecology15% of their works
  4. 4Biotechnology7% of their works
  5. 5Agronomy and Crop Science4% of their works
  6. 6Plant Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Fergus G. Priest's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Prebiotics, Probiotics, Microbial Modulation, Wine Yeasts, Ecology, Marine Microbes, Microbial Biogeography and RNA-Seq.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Prebiotics41 topic
  2. Probiotics41 topic
  3. Microbial Modulation31 topic
  4. Wine Yeasts31 topic
  5. Ecology21 topic
  6. Marine Microbes21 topic
  7. Microbial Biogeography21 topic
  8. RNA-Seq21 topic
  9. Virus21 topic
  10. sequence alignment21 topic
  11. Biological Control11 topic
  12. Bovine Mastitis11 topic
  13. Entomopathogenic Fungi11 topic
  14. Milk Quality11 topic
  15. Phytase11 topic
  16. Phytic Acid11 topic

Where does Fergus G. Priest work?

Fergus G. Priest's main affiliation in the publication record is Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Fergus G. Priest have?

Science Explorer counts 26 works and 125 citations for Fergus G. Priest, ranking #266,454 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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